Hippotragus equinus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Roan Antelope

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Ruminantia
Infraorder : Pecora
Family : Bovidae
Subfamily : Antilopinae
Tribe : Hippotragini
Genus : Hippotragus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1803. Catalogue des Mammifères du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Privately published, Paris, 272 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/details/bsb10482289

Original name as described

Antilope equina

Other common names

Bastergemsbok · Gwanki · Korongo · Kwalataseta

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Inconnue. Restricted by Grubb in 1999 to "South Africa, Western Cape Prov., Plettenberg Bay".

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Mali · Burkina Faso · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Niger? · Cameroon · Chad · Central African Republic · Sudan · South Sudan · Ethiopia · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Kenya · Rwanda · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Zimbabwe · Botswana · Namibia · South Africa

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006234

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Hippotragus equinus gambianus

P. L. Sclater & O. Thomas, 1899

Family

Bovidae

Root name

gambianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1846.11.2.17

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0c1667f7-01ae-40ad-a7f7-c7388830ebe9

Authority page

15, 28

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42165310 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42165323

Authority publication

Book of Antelopes

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:296, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741516) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Ward (1910:287, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015930) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  3. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Ægocerus koba

(J. E. Gray, 1872)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

koba

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1846.11.2.18

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/78ee1284-76c8-4415-8da5-7f94b4eea6e1

Authority page

35

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707779

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Gray (1872:35, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707779) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)

Egocerus equinus scharicus

(E. Schwarz, 1913)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

scharicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:4447

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

266

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635827

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Schwarz (1913:266, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635827) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17379)
  2. Schwarz (1920:1004, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763975) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)

Hippotragoides broomi

(Cooke, 1947)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

broomi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 835

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

228

Authority publication

South African Journal of Science

Antilope equina

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

equinus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

259

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:387, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207854) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Laurillard (1841:618, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57482956) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60622)
  3. Lesson (1842:180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Hippotragus equinus typicus

P. L. Sclater & O. Thomas, 1899

Family

Bovidae

Root name

typicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

13

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42165308

Authority publication

Book of Antelopes

Name usages

  1. Ward (1910:287, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015930) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Hippotragus langheldi

Matschie, 1898

Family

Bovidae

Root name

langheldi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

182

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8790922

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Hippotragus rufo-pallidus

O. R. Neumann, 1899

Family

Bovidae

Root name

rufopallidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

850

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30953257

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Aigocerus Equinus

(J. E. Gray, 1850)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

equinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

16

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595048

Authority publication

Knowsley

Name usages

Gray (1850:16, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595048) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39734)

Ægocerus bakeri

(J. E. Gray, 1872)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

bakeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

34

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707778

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Gray (1872:34, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707778) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)

Hippotragus equinus bakeri

Lydekker, 1908

Family

Bovidae

Root name

bakeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

296

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741516

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:296, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741516) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Ward (1910:287, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015930) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  3. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Hippotragus equinus

Lydekker, 1908

Family

Bovidae

Root name

equinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

295

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741515

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:295, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741515) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Ward (1910:286, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015929) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  3. Roberts (1913:106, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439564) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:335) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Afolayan & Amubode (1985:260, 261) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67254)
  7. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  8. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:622) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  9. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:641) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006234) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  13. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10167/50188287) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Hippotragus equinus langheldi

Lydekker, 1908

Family

Bovidae

Root name

langheldi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

296

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741516

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:296, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741516) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Ward (1910:287, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015930) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  3. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Hippotragus equinus rufopallidus

J. R. Ward, 1910

Family

Bovidae

Root name

rufopallidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

289

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015932

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ward (1910:289, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015932) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)

Egocerus equinus bakeri

(E. Schwarz, 1913)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

bakeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

267

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635828

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Schwarz (1913:267, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635828) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17379)
  2. Schwarz (1920:1007, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763978) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)

Egocerus equinus

(E. Schwarz, 1913)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

equinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

266

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635827

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Schwarz (1913:266, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635827) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17379)
  2. Schwarz (1920:1004, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763975) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)

Egocerus equinus gambianus

(E. Schwarz, 1913)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

gambianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

267

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635828

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Schwarz (1913:267, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635828) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17379)
  2. Schwarz (1920:1006, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44763977) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39012)

Hippotragus gambianus

R. Zimara, 1935

Family

Bovidae

Root name

gambianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

15

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Zimara (1935:15) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67232)

Hippotragus equinus equinus

Grubb, 2005

Family

Bovidae

Root name

equinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Hippotragus equinus koba

Grubb, 2005

Family

Bovidae

Root name

koba

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Hippotragus equinus scharicus

Grubb, 2005

Family

Bovidae

Root name

scharicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Aigoceros equinus

(E. Blyth, 1863)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

equinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

169

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534850

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

Blyth (1863:169, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534850) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Capra aethiopica

(H. R. Schinz, 1821)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

aethiopicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

403

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529164

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Capra jubata

(Goldfuss, 1824)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

jubatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

pl. 287C

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31078168

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Antilope barbata

(C. H. Smith, 1826)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

barbatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

180

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264267

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Gervais (1840:265) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67281)
  2. Lesson (1842:180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Antilope aurita

(C. H. Smith in J. E. Gray, 1827)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

aurita

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

325

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34790519

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Antilope Truteri

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

truteri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

478

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Hippotragus Bakeri

von Heuglin, 1863

Family

Bovidae

Root name

bakeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

16

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45496764

Authority publication

Nova Acta Academiae Caesarea Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum

Name usages

  1. Matschie (1895:134, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  2. Matschie (1913:168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67190)

Ægocerus leucophæus, var. docoi

(J. E. Gray, 1872)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

docoi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

35

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707779

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Gray (1872:35, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707779) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Hippotragus equinus dogetti

De Beaux, 1921

Family

Bovidae

Root name

dogetti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

231

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29849075

Authority publication

Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Hippotragus equinus cottoni

Dollman & Burlace, 1928

Family

Bovidae

Root name

cottoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

265-266

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

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